使人

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Chinese

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 使 人
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 踈士切 如鄰切
Baxter sriX nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃɨX/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃɨX/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃieX/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂɨX/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong 		/ʃiəX/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/ʃĭəX/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂiX/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shǐ rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si2 jan4

Etymology 1

to make man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(使人) 		使 人
Verb

使人

  1. to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description); to set people (to do something)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

to use; to employ man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(使人) 		使 人
Noun

使人

  1. (literary) servant
Synonyms
  • (servant):

Pronunciation 2

to send as an envoy abroad man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(使人) 		使 人
Rime
Character 使 人
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 踈吏切 如鄰切
Baxter sriH nyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃɨH/ /ȵiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃɨH/ /ȵin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃieH/ /ȵʑjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂɨH/ /ȵin/
Li
Rong 		/ʃiəH/ /ȵiĕn/
Wang
Li 		/ʃĭəH/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʂiH/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shì rén
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si3 jan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 使 人
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shǐ rén
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sriH › ‹ nyin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-rəʔ-s/ /*ni/
English envoy (other) person

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 使 人
Reading # 2/2 1/1
No. 11491 10800
Phonetic
component 		史 人
Rime
group 		之 眞
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		𩢲 仁
Old
Chinese 		/*srɯs/ /*njin/

Verb

使人

  1. (Classical) to send someone

Noun

使人

  1. (Classical) emissary; envoy; messenger
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